Webs Wonder Design

Last Sunday night we lay on the garden trampoline and watched Perseid meteor shower. Initially we had driven up to 1,000 ft above sea level, thinking that would improve the view, but it didn’t, because much more peripheral light crept into our field of vision from distant car headlights and even more distant settlements. The sides of our valley seemed to shield us from this ‘light pollution’ so we drove home to continued our star gazing .

Most people are moved by prolonged staring into the vastness of space, and I’m no exception. As your eyes gradually adjust and focus, the few major pin pricks of light forming the well known constellations merge into the background mass of stars and galaxies. What started as an inky blackness becomes brighter and clearer and vaster.
Continue reading The heavens and old photos

↑ Back to top ↑